Movie-Made America

A Cultural History of American Movies

By: Robert Sklar

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Paperback | 5 December 1994 | Edition Number 1

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432 Pages

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Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publication in 1975 and now extensively revised and updated by the author, this vastly absorbing and richly illustrated book examines film as an art form, technological innovation, big business, and shaper of American values.
Ever since Edison's peep shows first captivated urban audiences, film has had a revolutionary impact on American society, transforming culture from the bottom up, radically revising attitudes toward pleasure and sexuality, and at the same time, cementing the myth of the American dream. No book has measured film's impact more clearly or comprehensively than Movie-Made America.
This vastly readable and richly illustrated volume examines film as art form, technological innovation, big business, and cultural bellwether. It takes in stars from Douglas Fairbanks to Sly Stallone; auteurs from D. W. Griffith to Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee; and genres from the screwball comedy of the 1930s to the "hard body" movies of the 1980s to the independents films of the 1990s.
Combining panoramic sweep with detailed commentaries on hundreds of individual films, Movie-Made America is a must for any motion picture enthusiast.

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"THE history of the American movie, combining social history, economics, and a precise and effective sense of film criticism."--Frank Friedel, Harvard University "One of the best popular works we have in the field of media ecology....There is hardly a single question regarding the transforming power of movies that [Sklar] leaves untouched."--Neil Postman

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Preface to the Updated Edition
Preface
The Birth of a Mass Medium	p. 3
Nickel Madness	p. 18
Edison's Trust and How It Got Busted	p. 33
D. W. Griffith and the Forging of Motion-Picture Art	p. 48
Hollywood and the Dawning of the Aquarian Age	p. 67
The Silent Film and the Passionate Life	p. 86
Chaos, Magic, Physical Genius and the Art of Silent Comedy	p. 104
Movie-Made Children	p. 122
The House That Adolph Zukor Built	p. 141
The Moguls at Bay and the Censors' Triumph	p. 161
The Golden Age at Turbulence and the Golden Age of Order	p. 175
The Making of Cultural Myths: Walt Disney and Frank Capra	p. 195
Selling Movies Overseas	p. 215
The Hollywood Gold Rush	p. 228
Hollywood at War for America and at War with Itself	p. 249
The Disappearing Audience and the Television Crisis	p. 269
Hollywood's Collapse	p. 286
The Promise of Personal Film	p. 305
Nadir and Revival	p. 321
Hollywood and the Age of Reagan	p. 339
From Myth to Memory	p. 357
Independent Images	p. 373
Notes or Sources	p. 383
Bibliography	p. 399
Index	p. 405
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